Key ring hanger



April 14, 1953 J, DE GRAFFT, JR 2,634,470

KEY RING HANGER Filed Oct. 29, 1948 IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Apr. 14, 1953 KEY RING HANGER James L. De Grafi't, Jr., North Attleboro, Mass.,

assignor to Swank, Inc., a corporation of Delaware Application October 29,1948, Serial No. 57,367

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a device for use in connection with the pocket in the clothing of a person.

In the wearing of a key chain for attaching a key ring to the person of the user, it is usual that the key chain lead into the pocket, and that the group of keys on the key ring rest on the bottom of the pocket.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a device which will support the group of keys on a key ring, above the bottom of the pocket, causing them to be suspended in the pocket from the edge of the pocket.

Another object of this invention is to provide an article which, while engaging the edge of the pocket, may be withdrawn by pulling upon the chain which attaches to the person so as to remove the device from the edge of the pocket.

Another object of this invention is to provide a support for a key ring Which will permit the key ring to freely adjust itself to conform to the shape of the pocket.

Another object of this invention is to permit freedom of movement by a swivel connection between the support and the key ring.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the portion of the trousers of the wearer, with the attached device shown as applied to the belt about the trousers, and to the pocket in the trousers.

Figure 2 is an elevation illustrating in dotted lines a portion of the pocket which is engaged by the device.

Figure 3 is a view, similar to Figure 2, but at right angles to Fig. 2 showing the eye which is swivelly attached to the supporting member in section.

Figure 4 is an elevation showing the supporting member before the eye is assembled.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the device complete, with the key ring omitted.

Figure 6 is a sectional view illustrating a modifled form of swivel arrangement between the support and the eye.

Figure 7 is a sectional view of a modified construction.

In proceeding with this invention, I provide a member for engaging the edge of the, pocket and which consists of two legs fixed with relation to each other, one of which is adapted to extend along the inside of the pocket, and the other of which is adapted to extend along the outside of the pocket. The one on the outside of the pocket is tethered to the belt by a chain, or some flexible element, while the leg which extends along the inside edge of the pocket has swivelly attached to its end an eye on which a key ring may be readily secured.

With reference to the drawings, l0 designates generally the supporting member and comprises a leg H, which extends along the outer surface of the pocket with an opening 12 at its end to which some flexible element [3 may be attached, such as by means of a ring Hi. This flexible element l3 may be a chain or cord or some other means, which is used to tether the supporting member [I] to the belt l5 of the wearer of the device, such as by'means of a loop l6 which extends about the belt l5.

The other leg I! of this supporting member [0 is held in fixed relation to the leg II by reason of the bent bar of stock I8 which is bent in two senses and serves to engage the edge of the pocket [9 and hold the device so that the leg H is on the outer surface and the leg I! on the inner surface of the pocket. Extending from the end of the inner leg ll there is a swivel connection which may be a projecting pin 20 which has been inserted in the end of the leg ll. This projecting pin is of cylindrical shape and swivelly mounts an eye 2| thereon, by extending through an opening 22 in the eye, and a head 23 being formed on the end of the pin 20. This eye 2| will have a suitable opening, 24 therein, for suspending a key ring 25, such as by means of passing the end 26 of the key ring through the eye 24 when the latch 21 is moved from the closed position, as shown in Figure 2.

I have illustrated in Figures 1 to 5, a frustodihedral shaped eye 2| which will conform to the square and flared shape at the end of the leg H but it will be readily apparent that I may utilize other shapes of eyes, as desired.

In Figure 6, the swivel is formed by the provision of a ball 30, on the end of the leg 11 and the eye in this instance has a socket 3| at its upper end which is of a shape partially spherical to conform to the ball 30 while the edges of the socket 32 are rolled inwardly so as to embrace more than one-half of the ball and hold the eye 33 and leg in assembled relation although permitting a swivel movement.

In Figure 7 the leg 35 has an eye 36 formed at the end thereof and from the same piece of stock as the leg 35 at the upper end of the leg there is a pin 31 which extends into an opening 39 in the 3 leg 38 to swivelly mount the two legs. This leg may be twisted the same as shown in Figure 5.

I claim:

A device to be worn on the clothing of a person comprising inner and outer legs, a supporting transverse bight portion adapted to support an article from the hem of a pocket or the like, said inner and outer legs connected by said transverse bightportion and bent relatively to each other in two senses in substantially non-parallel planes, said bend disposing the inner leg in a sense tohang comfortably within the clothing and the outer leg against the exterior of the clothing,

said inner leg carrying a frusto-dihedral shaped eye swivelly attached at its shortest side thereto, 1

a flexible tethering element connected to said outer leg for attaching the device to the garment, said bend also disposing the outer leg in a sense so that the tethering element will normally lie on a line which is the continuation of the outer leg.

5 JAMES L. DE GRAFFT, JR.

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